[2023 Archive] 9.3.4 or Older > Firmware Release Notes | Panel Products

🩹FIRMWARE RELEASE NOTES: HISTORICAL 2023 OR OLDER | PANEL PRODUCTS

Due to the changes in our help desk / knowledge base platform, we have combined all releases older than 2023 or 9.3.4 for non-Essentials products

This is preserved for historical purposes.

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Firmware Update(s): 9.3.1 to 9.3.4

9.3.4

1. 2023-12-13: ELEMENTS
   ✅Fixed a critical issue with the Touch feature

9.3.3

1. 2023-12-13: LINES | SHAPES |CANVAS
   ✅ Fixed a critical issue with Nanoleaf Cloud

9.3.2

1. 2023-12-06: 4D
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements
   ✅ Improved screen mirror performance on all screen mirror modes
   
   
2. 2023-12-05: LINES | ELEMENTS | SHAPES
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements
   ✅ Improved screen mirror performance on all screen mirror modes

9.3.1

1. 2023-11-23: 4D
   ✅Fixed a critical issue where 1D mode was not working for some customers

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Firmware Update(s): 9.2.0 to 9.2.4

9.2.4

1. 2023-10-19: LINES | SHAPES
   ✅Minor bug fixes and improvements
   
   
2. 2023-09-18: CANVAS
   ✅Minor bug fixes and improvements

9.2.3

1. 2023-10-19: LINES | 4D
   ✅ Improved Thread Border Router performance for Matter and HomeKit Thread devices
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements
   
   
2. 2023-09-18: ELEMENTS | SHAPES | CANVAS
   ✅ Improved Thread Border Router performance for Matter and HomeKit Thread devices
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements

9.2.2

1. 2023-09-04: CANVAS
   ✅Fixed critical issue that was causing some Canvas devices to experience instability.

9.2.0

1. 2023-08-31: LINES | ELEMENTS | SHAPES | CANVAS
   ✅ Sync+ support added
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements
   
   
2. 2023-07-21: 4D
   Added:
   ✅ Sync+ support
   ✅ Rhythm integration with screen mirroring
   ✅ 1D mode 

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Firmware Update(s):  8.5.2

8.5.2

1. 2023-07-27: LINES | ELEMENTS | SHAPES
   ✅ Adds Thread Border Router support for Matter and HomeKit Thread devices. Requires iOS or Android app version 9.1.0 or newer.
   ✅ Fully disables remote support, which was already incompatible with border routing in previous versions.

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Firmware Update(s): 7.1.2 to 7.1.6

7.1.6

1. 2023-05-25: LINES | ELEMENTS | SHAPES | CANVAS
   ✅ Issue Fixed: Related to Wifi provisioning caused by certain network types

7.1.3

1. 2023-02-07: ELEMENTS | SHAPES | CANVAS
   ✅ Security vulnerability fixed.

7.1.2

1. 2023-02-07: LINES
   ✅ Security vulnerability fixed.
   

7.1.1

1. 2022-11-18: SHAPES
   ✅Fixed the issue of unresponsive panels
   
   
2. 2022-11-08: ELEMENTS
   ✅ Fixed the problem of unresponsive panels

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Firmware Update(s): 6.5.1

6.5.1

1. 2022-06-17: LINES | ELEMENTS | SHAPES | CANVAS
   ✅ Added an OpenAPI command to play a temporary ripple effect over any running scene (because what's the point if you can't enjoy a temporary ripple every now and then?)
   ✅ Shapes Only: Ability to receive panel update messages faster than 30ms over the OpenAPI stream control (that's faster than you can say thirty!)
   ✅ Canvas Only: Issue fixed preventing certain devices from maintaining a connection to cloud (after effective time in therapy, commitment issues since been resolved. The Canvas can once again find itself in a stable relationship with the cloud).

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Firmware Update(s): 6.2.1

6.2.1

1. 2021-10-08: CANVAS
   ✅Support added for ability for Control Squares to become Cloud Gateways for Nanoleaf Essentials

 

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Firmware Update(s): 6.1.2

6.1.2

1. 2021-08-16: ELEMENTS | SHAPES
   ✅Thread Border Router function support updated
   ✅ Removed the option to double tap for panel power toggle
   ✅ Improved Wifi and IPv6 connectivity

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Firmware Update(s): 5.2.0 to 5.2.4

5.2.4

1. 2021-04-20: SHAPES | CANVAS
   ✅ Improved communication between panels & controller
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and stability improvements

5.2.2

1. 2023-09-18: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Improvements and maintenance
   

5.2.1

1. 2023-08-30: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Fixed a minor issue related to communication with Nanoleaf Cloud

5.2.0

1. 2021-04-20: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Added Sync+ support

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Firmware Update(s): 5.1.0 to 5.1.3

5.1.3

1. 2021-02-24: SHAPES
   ✅ Added ability to disable 'Touch' feature

5.1.2

1. 2021-02-03: SHAPES
   ✅ Improved cloud connectivity by region
   ✅ Fixed issue preventing IFTTT notifications
   ✅ Fixed an issue with 'Flow' on Triangles
   ✅Added warning if overlapping panels are detected
   ✅Other minor fixes and enhancements

5.1.0

1. 2021-04-20: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Improved cloud connectivity by region
   ✅ Fixed issue preventing IFTTT notifications
   ✅ Added warning if overlapping Panels are detected 4-Other minor fixes and enhancements

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Firmware Update(s): 5.0.0-5.0.1

5.0.1

1. 2020-10-06: SHAPES | CANVAS
   ✅ Added ability to disable 'Touch' feature
   ✅ Changed the Layout API to set side Length to 0
   ✅ Shapes Only: Side length is now determined by the shape type
   ✅ Fixed a small issue with the Heatmap

5.0.0

1. 2020-10-15: SHAPES
   ✅ Added support for Triangles and Mini Triangles
   ✅ Added ability to adjust touch parameters
   ✅ Changed the layout API to always include side length

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Firmware Update(s): 4.0.2 to 4.0.5

4.0.5

1. 2020-09-25: SHAPES
   ✅ Added ability to disable 'Touch' feature

4.0.4

1. 2020-08-31: SHAPES
   ✅ Improved the connection between device controller and Nanoleaf Cloud

4.0.3

1. 2020-07-15: SHAPES
   ✅ Improved color calibration for Hexagons

4.0.2

1. 2020-06-05: SHAPES
   ✅ Added an API to reset brightness sensor calibration
   ✅ Fixed an issue with Layout data on mixed Shapes
   ✅ Fixed a minor bug on Hexagons, related to 'Touch' actions
   ✅ Fixed an issue related to 'Pulse Pop Beats'
   ✅ Other improvements and bug fixes

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Firmware Update(s): 3.3.1  to 3.3.6

3.3.6

1. 2020-08-24: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Fixed an issue with loop on Nanoleaf Playlist
   

3.3.4

1. 2020-04-04: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Improved the Wi-Fi connectivity of the Controller
   ✅ Fixed a minor issue related to Factory Reset
   

3.3.3

1. 2019-12-12: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Fixes:
   ✅ An issue related to Light Panels going unreachable on the Nanoleaf iOS App
   ✅ An issue where device would crash on restore
   ✅ An issue where device could not be turned back on from an Online Playlist
   ✅ An issue where the last color highlight is now displayed in the palette.
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements
   

3.3.1

1. 2019-28-11: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Added support for Nanoleaf Playlist
   ✅ Added support to pair with Pairing Code on the Nanoleaf Desktop App
   ✅ Fixed a bug related to soft-reset for Light Panels
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements

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Firmware Update(s): 3.2.0 

3.2.0

1. 2019-09-11: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Added support for Nanoleaf Layered Scenes
   ✅ Added support for control over the Nanoleaf Cloud
   ✅ Further improvements on the white panel issue
   ✅ Fixes regression with one time schedules
   ✅ Fixes issue when adding / deleting multiple Schedules
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements
   

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Firmware Update(s): 3.1.2 to 3.1.5

3.1.5

1. 2019-08-14: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Fixes white panel issue, unresponsiveness and freezing of Panels when playing a rhythm scene

3.1.4

1. 2019-07-29: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   

   Improves:
   ✅ Improved the performance for Nanoleaf Remote
   ✅ Minor improvements and bug fixes

   
   Fixes:
   ✅ An issue related to Nanoleaf Schedules
   ✅ An issue related to flickering of Nanoleaf Light Panels
   ✅ An issue where the Panels will turn to yellow color after running a basic scene
   ✅  Minor bug fixes on the Nanoleaf openAPI

3.1.3

1. 2019-07-17: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Fixed an issue causing crashes while using Paint to create Scenes
   ✅ Added support for cloud backup and restore
   ✅ Improved support for Nanoleaf Cloud features
   

3.1.2

1. 2019-06-25: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Improved pairing with Nanoleaf Remote
   ✅ Improved stability
   ✅ Fixed an issue where making rapid connections on the openAPI could cause the system to crash
   ✅ Fixed an issue related to Nanoleaf's Open API External Command response being empty

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Firmware Update(s): 3.0.0 to 3.0.8

3.0.8

1. 2019-03-07: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Fixed issue blocking some users from adding new schedules

 

3.0.7

1. 2019-03-04: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Improved Rhythm behavior with line-in input
   ✅ OpenAPI improvements and fixes
   ✅ Improved stability
   ✅ Other improvements and bug fixes
   

3.0.6

1. 2019-01-02: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Fixes issues with schedules and daylight savings time
   ✅ Fixes an issue where some users might see very dim flickering when off
   ✅ Improved Sound Bar
   ✅ Other improvements and bug fixes
   

3.0.5

1. 2018-08-27: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Fixed:
   ✅ Issue with cloud connectivity
   ✅ Issue where the Light Panels could become non-responsive
   ✅ Issue with IPv6 discovery on the local network
   ✅ Issue where some Scenes may not finish exactly on the last palette color
   ✅ Misc. minor issues

3.0.3

1. 2018-07-09: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Fixed:
   ✅ Issues causing Panels to go white for some users
   ✅ Issue with Highlight Motion and Background Color Percentages
   ✅ Issues for users with many controlling devices
   ✅ Issue where buttons and App could become unresponsive
   ✅ Misc. minor issues

3.0.0

1. 2018-05-28: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Added:
   ✅ Support for new Motions (Scene Types)
   ✅ Support for animation version 2.0
   ✅ Improved proximity pairing when multiple Remotes are nearby
   ✅ Major improvements under the hood

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Firmware Update(s): 2.3.0

2.3.0

1. 2018-03-28: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Added:
   ✅ Support for advanced Schedules
   ✅ Support for per-Panel color calibration
   ✅ Support for production versions of Nanoleaf Remote
   
   Improved:
   ✅ Support for 1-time Schedules

 

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Firmware Update(s): 2.2.0 to 2.2.5

2.2.5

1. 2018-02-27: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Added:
   ✅ Added support for Motion Sensor (Beta)
   ✅ Added Open API features: options to play a random Effect and option to transition to a Brightness over a period of time
   
   Fixed:
   ✅ Issue with updates for unknown regions
   ✅ Issues sending commands to Nanoleaf Remote
   ✅ Misc. minor issues
   
   Improved:
   ✅ Layout detection reliability

2.2.0

1. 2017-11-07: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Added:
   ✅ Support for Beta versions of Nanoleaf Remote
   
   Fixed:
   ✅ An issue where large Scenes could not be downloaded on Android
   ✅ An issue where the Layout could be incorrectly represented
   ✅ An issue where local connections would not be recycled when using the Open API
   
   Improved:
   ✅ Reliability of cloud connectivity

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Firmware Update(s): 2.1.0 to 2.1.3

2.1.3

1. 2017-09-25: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Adjusted Wifi reset procedure to (press power, press select), repeat 5x
   ✅ Improved reliability of cloud connectivity
   ✅ Made adding, editing, renaming, and deleting Aurora Scenes faster

2.1.1

1. 2019: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   
2. ✅ Added a progress bar to Aurora Panels when downloading new Rhythm Scenes
   ✅ Fixed an issue when there are many connections through the Aurora Open API
   
   Improved:
   ✅ Rhythm responsiveness at low volume
   ✅ Reliability of cloud updates

2.1.0

1. 2019: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Added support for Nanoleaf Rhythm
   ✅ Added support for Rhythm SDK 2.0 Plugins
   ✅ Fixed an issue where Aurora would not reconnect to certain Wifi router configurations without a power cycle.

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Firmware Update(s): 1.6.0 to 1.6.4

1.6.4

1. 2020-08-31: CANVAS
   ✅ Connectivity improved with Nanoleaf Cloud
   ✅ Issue fixed with the loop on Nanoleaf Playlists

1.6.2

1. 2020-03-18: CANVAS
   ✅ Wi-Fi connectivity of the controller improved
   ✅ Minor issues fixed with 'Power Diagnostic Mode' for 25-panel setup

1.6.1

1. 2019-12-12: CANVAS
   Fixed:
   ✅ Issue causing the device to crash during restore
   ✅ Issue of the device not turning back on from an online playlist
   ✅ Issue with the last color highlight not appearing in the palette
   ✅ Bug related to 75W Power Supplies
   ✅ Minor bug fixes and improvements

1.6.0

1. 2019-28-11: CANVAS
   Added:
   ✅ Support for Nanoleaf Playlist
   ✅ Support to pair with pairing code on the Nanoleaf Desktop App
   
   Improved:
   ✅ Pairing setup for Wi-Fi provisioning
   
   Fixed:
   ✅ Minor bugs and improvements

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Firmware Update(s): 1.5.0 to 1.5.1

1.5.1

1. 2019: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Improved support for firmware upgrades in foreign regions
   ✅ Added LED feedback during firmware upgrades
   ✅ (API) Color Temperature range (ct) is now correct, 1200-6500
   ✅ (API) Stream control now supports transitions longer than 1 (100ms)
   ✅ (API) Delete user now returns 204 HTTP code
   ✅ (API) Added nl-devicename to SSDP so that name is included in SSDP responses
   ✅ Other minor bug fixes

1.5.0

1. 2019-09-11: CANVAS
   Added:
   ✅ Support for Nanoleaf Layered Scenes
   ✅ Support for control over the Nanoleaf Cloud
   
   Fixed:
   ✅ Regression with one time Schedules
   ✅ Issue when adding/deleting multiple Schedules
   ✅ Minor bugs and improvements
   
   
2. 2019: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Added:
   ✅ A startup LED sequence to indicate boot time
   
   Fixed:
   ✅ Issues with panel color being washed out
   ✅ An issue where random device ID could conflict after factory reset
   ✅ A bug that would cause temporary unreachability
   
   Improved:
   ✅ Setup reliability and speed
   ✅ ISupport for setting up multiple Auroras
   ✅ Setup on Android
   ✅ Button reliability

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Firmware Update(s): 1.4.0 to 1.4.39

1.4.39

1. 2019: [AURORA/'OG'] LIGHT PANELS
   Added:
   ✅ Support for temporary effects
   ✅ Support for Open API (Beta)
   
   Fixed:
   ✅ Issue where saturated colors in a moving effect would flash white occasionally
   ✅ Issue with certain palette types
   
   Improved:
   ✅ Connectivity on local network and with cloud
   ✅ Increasing upgrade reliability
   ✅ Adjusting center calculation for burst animation type
   ✅ Adjusting WAC timeout to 15 minutes
   ✅ Supporting longer Wi-Fi names and passwords on Android

1.4.32

1. 2019: [AURORA/OG] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Added the ability to dim/brighten the Aurora using the Select button; just hold and the brightness will dim/brighten back and forth; release to lock things in
   ✅ Adding cloud control for features like Alexa and upcoming IFTTT
   ✅Improved security measures and Wifi setup

1.4.27

1. 2019: [AURORA/OG] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Color calibration has been updated for the Panels resulting in more accurate color and white representation
   ✅ White (CCT) Transitions are now smooth
   ✅ Turn off animation is now slightly faster with a pixelate transition type
   ✅ Improvements to Wi-Fi provisioning approach
   ✅ Fixed an issue with stark transition when using burst on a single panel
   ✅ When users select a single color for the Aurora with the color picker, the Panels will now appear with that color and a single palette color of the same when seen in the app.

1.4.22

1. 2019: [AURORA/OG] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Made iOS Wi-Fi setup and pairing process more seamless

1.4.2

1. 2019: [AURORA/OG] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Bug fixes around upgrade mechanism

1.4.1

1. 2019: [AURORA/OG] LIGHT PANELS
   ✅ Initial release

1.4.0

1. 2019-07-22: CANVAS
   Added:
   ✅ Option to configure Light Squares as HomeKit smart buttons
   ✅ Support for cloud backup and restore
   ✅ Support for 75W Power Supplies
   ✅ Ability to automatically enter passive mode
   ✅ Touch Data Stream to Canvas' Open API
   
   Improved:
   ✅ Support for Nanoleaf Cloud features
   ✅ Device stability
   
   Fixed:
   ✅ Several issues that could occur during setup
   ✅ Issue related to Canvas' Open API External Control
   ✅ Minor bugs

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Firmware Update(s): 1.2.0 to 1.2.1

1.2.1

1. 2019-04-04: CANVAS
   ✅ Improved reliability when controlling from multiple devices using the same iCloud account
   ✅ Fixed issue causing auto-brightness instability in some scenarios
   ✅ Resolved issue where panels could get stuck in Device Firmware update (DFU) mode

1.2.0

1. 2019-03-12: CANVAS
   ✅ Added support for Brightness Sensor
   ✅ Touch improvements and fixes
   ✅ OpenAPI improvements and fixes including support for custom animData
   ✅ Improved stability
   ✅ Fixed an issue for larger installations causing spontaneous resets
   ✅ Other improvements and bug fixes

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Firmware Update(s): 1.1.0

1.1.0

1. 2018-12-20: CANVAS
   ✅ Added events to Open API
   ✅ Improved Touch and Gesture recognition
   ✅ Added System dims the Rhythm LED button when Rhythm is active
   ✅ System Touch Gestures are now disabled during Interactive Motions
   ✅ Improved Sound Bar
   ✅ Added Radial Sound Bar as a default Scene (only when factory resetting)
   ✅ Fixed issue where device could become non-responsive after extended periods of use
   ✅ Other improvements and bug fixes

 

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